[ 06 Jan 03 21:46, Jan Vermeulen wrote to Scott Little ]

 sl>> Time limits?
 JV>     Would you read last week's paper?

We already do.  Segments are released upto and including 6 days before
issue, to allow time for it to filter up the chain, across zones, and then
finally compiled and issued by each ZC on Friday.

If you want hard realtime data, you need a persistent database and a way of
replicating changes.  This is also do-able.  Possibly an option we can
explore with XML (since we're rewriting the rules anyway).  An XML
processor could inject/obtain mini-diffs (single-node updates) to/from
standard netmail, or even echomail, as they are made.  Changes to a node
will propogate in minutes among IP nodes, and a day or three for the rest.


-- Scott Little  [fidonet#3:712/848 / sysgod{at}sysgod.org]

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